Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-01-21

mont Division, Sons of Veterans by Capt.
w II. II. Hall of Waterson post,G. A. II.
Ger by Col George E. Terrill of Under
Lieut.. George Il. Hayward I'd Lieut..
Phillip j. Little Chaplain, f. G.. Reed
LIST Sergeant, II. X. Darling Quarter
master Sergeant, b. ;. Flint a; Sergeant of
H. Davis Corporal of Guard, f. f.. Grif
fin principal musician, Walter ;. Goss
camp guard, f.. +. Wallace; ticket guard
j, H. Hardy. The camp is IN excellent
condition having initiated its 25th mem
ber into its association of bright and capa-
bic young men in four months.
Hontpelier.
The ladies of the Episcopal church gave
sociable at the residence of Col. Fred f..
Smith, Tuesday evening, and children of
the Sunday school gave an entertainment.
......The first in n series of six assem-
blies given 10y the Montpelier Military
band took place at the Pavilion, Thursday
evening 1t was not largely attended
owing to the heavy snow storm. Another
assembly will be given at the PAVILION
this evening. ..... Mr.. and Mrs. f.. NJ
skinner are III Boston on a visit... Blake
ly x Cheney, proprietors of the Nendome
restaurant which was entered by burg
lars Il short time ago, and IA sum of money
stolen, have failed and wish to comprO
cents on the dollar
Owing to the refusal of the bailitis to
number the houses, which is required if
Montpelier is to have the free mail deliv-
cry system, private citizens are taking
hold of the matter. Messrs. Thomas Il
Abbott of North Adams, Mass, are doing
the work. II is expected that by the first
of April letter carriers will make their
first trip. A number have already ap-
piled for the position of carrier, but 40
one has been accepted. ....The report
/ that Hiram Atkins has been appointed
postmaster is taken in the light of a joke
1t is not probable that Mr At
urged for he already holds a
position of much less responsibility and
with a salary of 81 per day Sundays in
cluded. AS superintendent of cOnstruc-
cioE OF the new government buildings,
which Will be commenced early in the
spring Mr.. Atkins has as yet had nothing
to do although he has been drawing sal
AIRY since sometime last July. 1t is not
known who the superintendent of the pro
jected building has appointed for
his private secretary, but II is un-
derstOOd to be his brother, George At
kins, at salary of - per day. =.
some have the audacity to remark
that the Atkins family could practice a
little civil service reform. ...... Mr.. Sull
van, the new superintendent at the elec
trict light station went to the switch to
turn off the load on the machine Saturday
night and in pulling out the switch
brought it too near his face, receiving
severe shock and being badly burned
The inside of his hands, and arms wer,
burned, also his chest. t.andlthe inside OF hi:
neck. Richard Standish, who wa
injured in the recent coasting accident
eight men We're employed in clearing tn,
coasting track on East street and fully a
many cleared the toboggan slide so tina
in the evening the usual crowd was out a
. both Places. .....W. NJ. Clark, the othe
evening, tainted away, and with difficult
was held on the toboggan till it stopped.
Hyde Park.
At the annual meeting of the Lamoill
county National bank the following d
rectors We're elected: G. 5. Noyes, c. :
Page, Hon. Henry Powers, George Wi
Iins, Henry Smile, L. X. Gleed and A. :
Noyes... IF. h. Child, George Brow
ana +. a. Smalley are in Canada buyin
; horses. ...... Work has been begnn on til
culVert preparatory to filing the trest IL
The work of filling will begin in FeDrus
ry..... Perry Foster has charge OF Tn
r church this year. .... Carroll Randall !
putting in his stock of ice, getting it troI
the river.
: Sunday afternoon, about o'clock, tn
farm barn belonging to Hiram and Alb
east of Hyde Park village, was burne
together with seven COWS, one yearling
one calf one yoke of oxen, one bugg
wagon, fifteen tons of hay, farming tool
etc. Loss about 800, Insured for $36l
The cause of the fire is unknown No on
of the family had been to the barn for tvs
hours, neither did they know of the fiji
; until Informed by neigh borS ..... PER-
Foster has gone to Lowell, Mass, for
! few days. Friday last the engine o
l the express broke between here and Mo
1 rsviile which delayed the train abOr
two hours. ...... Musicians ball at to
r. American house next week Friday even
, ing, Jan. 2S....A. l.. Noyes aud wli
will start for California on Saturday [
! spend the remainder of the winter.
! Weybridge.
/, Silas Wright is making preparations t
: build large barn. ...... We have GOO
; sleighing but lumber and wood men fin
. it difficult getting about in the woods, :
the ground Is Soft..... Large quantltlt
, of hay are being sold by our farmer
!, This seems to work well enough for
e year or two, but will not the practice,
/ long continued, impoverish the soil >....
y Miss Betsy Delrymple is slowly impro'
:. ing, but it Is not expected she can perm
n nently recover. ..... Father Sterling, a
|, Old resident of Weybridge was returne
z here recently, as the guest of the tow
ii He is q or % years Old but is hale an
hearty and appears to enjoy life.
Middlebury.
= On otter Creek large quantity of il
has already been got out of e
e cellent quality. y.....The toboggan Graz
II has at last strnck Us in full force and
J. first class slide has already been begun.
II is to be owned and managed by stoc
e company. A slide for traVerses Is also
7 course of building. 1t will run from Co
Is lege hill down through the lower COLES
+ park and thence through the school houi
e park, and is expected to he on
5 of the best in the State ..Joh
Martin, who has been seriously sic
le for several weeks, Is able 10 he out agai
J though by no means fully recovered.
q The recently elected officers of Villa
d p. Russell Post, q. \. r. We're installt
Wednesday evening ......A couple of abl
bodied ghosts are said TO have nut in 4
IT appearance ON our streets on recent eV
= nings. without regard TO the brillial
c IN Junlight one of the ghosts stall
d abroad on Court street and the other
- located on South street.. Merlin Mo
If rison, who has been laid up for the pa
D.. five weeks with scarlet fever, has fully I